Where does “เหน็บแนม” come from?

เหน็บแนม (Thai) comes from Thai เหน็บ — to insert; to attach; to tuck.

เหน็บแนม (Thai): to speak ironically (of); to taunt; to jeer; to scoff

Definitions

  1. to speak ironically (of); to taunt; to jeer; to scoff

Ancestry of “เหน็บแนม”, step by step

เหน็บแนม traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai เหน็บ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเหน็บto insert; to attach; to tuck

via Thai แนม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiแนม
Every word from Thai เหน็บ